Characterization

What is Characterization?

• A character in a story

• the way a writer reveals a character

• when we make our own characters in stories

• when we give the character a look

What is an example of good characterization

• when we make good characters in stories

• when characters are doing the right thing in stories

• help readers form mental pictures about the characters

• when readers have a very color imagination about their characters

What is direct characterization?

• when the writer explicitly tells us what a characters physical traits are

• when the readers focus most of the story in one character

• when the writer makes the main character the least important

• when the writer show what the character says, does, thinks, reacts, and etc.

what is indirect characterization?

• when the writer makes a character the second most important character in the story

• When the writer does not briefly explain the character

• when the writer shows you what a character says, does, thinks, reacts, etc

• When the writer makes a character not so important

What is a character?

• a person that undergoes a significant change in the story

• a thing in a story

• flat, stereotypical, easily recognized by the reader

• person, animal, being or creature that performs the action in a story

Whats is the difference between a protagonist and antagonist?

• one is the main character usually bad and the other is the others helper

• one is a main character usually good the other is another main character usually bad

• one is caring, sacrificial and the other is one dimensional

• they are both the heroes of the story

What is a dynamic character?

• a character that complements another character through contrast

• flat, stereotypical, easily recognized by the reader

• a person that undergoes a significant change in the story

• that doesn't exist

what is static character?

• when a character doesn't change throughout the entire story

• caring, sacrificing, depth of personality, life-lie character

• flat, stereotypical character easily recognized by the reader

• characters that complement each other though contrast

what is a round character?

• what is that?

• when a character is a ball

• the character remains the same throughout the story

• caring, sacrificing depth in personality, life-like character

What is a flat character?

• when a character is so skinny he is flat

• one dimensional, does not display emotional depth and is very superficial

• when a character explains what he does

• when a character explains its goal